Journal-box.



' L A. RANDEL.

JOURNAL BOX. APPLICATION FILED MAY 17, 1913.

' Patented Oct. 28, 1913.

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IJJ'AR: 4.): BANDEM QI. GHIoAGo, rumors, ASSIGNOB .ro McCORID. ANDCOMPANY, .OII CEICAiGOLrILLINGISgA-:COBPORATION.OF NEW JERSEY.JoUnNAL-Box.

Sp ifi a i n f L s P tent Patented 0013.28, 1913'.

I Appliegtion filed ma 17,'1e1s.- sesame-768345.

I do hereby-declare the following to be a full,- clear, and exactdescription of the in- .Nentionfsuch as will enable others-skilled inthe artto-fvvhi'ch' it .appertains to makeand usethensame. 4, I, V

My m Ilt1OI1 relates to ournal-boxes and provides an improved journalbox-comprising an independently formed metallic cellar and "ajtop made.fastto the cellar in the forming ofthe top.

- The improved journal box, as preferably constructed, has a pressedsteel cellar -and cast steel top. The demands of the railway servicehavein'dieated that this is a'type of journal box very much desired, andmany experiments have been made with a view of obtalmng a satisfactoryconnection be--- tween the body and top of such a box. For instance,.ithas hitherto been proposed to secure a pressed steel cellarto a cast topby boltsv or rivets. Such construction, however, has been found to befar from satisfactory, because, in the first place, it is expensive, andin the second place, it does not give a tight or solid jointvuniting-the elements of the box, nor does it become-practically anintegral structure. Furthermore, the

pressed steel cellar is usually made of twoor more elements, either theinside or outside dust guard all being constructed separately from thebody of the cellar, which complicates and makes more difiicult properconnection of the elements of the box, either bybolts or rivets. f A Inaccordance with .my imp oved process, a pressed steel cellar is placedin or associated with the mold and the cast steeltop is cast onto theupper edge thereof. Preferably, the pressed steel cellar'has an integralpressed steel outside dust guard and an independently constructedpressed steel inside dust guard wall;. and these two elements of thecellar are properly assembled and so located in a mold or so associatedwith a mold that the cast steel top will be cast onto the upperedges'iofthe bodyof the cellar and onto the upper ed es of boththeoutside and inside dust guar walls. Thus,

by the act of casting the top ,'all of the elements of the journal boxare rigidly united witha very tight and strong joint, which, in

effect, integrally unites the elements of the box. -To further insure astrong tight joint-v between the pressed steel and cast elements of the"box, the upper edge of the cellar, and fthe' inside and outside dustguard walls, -are perforated, upset, punch-markedj or folded over, so asto form positive interlock 'ing joints .with the cast steel top. Thecast fsteel run in to form the top will be so hot that it will fuse thepressed steel elements "of the box to some extent, and further insure aVery tight and substantially integraljoint. Furthermore, the shrinkageof the cast.

steel top about the upper edges of the cellar produces a very strongbond betwe'en the parts, which is materially increased-bythc crossconnections between the cellar and the top, afl'orded by the openings,recesses, or

enlargements in the upper edges of the cellar; which are engaged by thecast metal of the top. This shrinkage bond between the cast steel topand the sheet steel cellar possesses greatinherent'strength and is anim- 'portant factor in maintaining an itlmate' union between the top andcellar under the most severe condition of practical operation;-

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate the invention, likecharacters in-. dicate like views.

Referring to" the drawings Figures 1, 2: and 3 are perspective viewsshowing. respectively, the top, the pressed steel cellar,

and the pressed steelinside dust guard wall of the box,:-the saidelements being 'sepa rated to better illustrate the forms thereof; Fig.4 is a vertical section taken through the completed journal box 'on theline w m on Fig. 5pFig. 5 is a plan view of the com-- pleted journal-boxwith some parts sectioned parts throughout the several on the line :12 mon Fig. 4; and Fig. G is an outer endelevationof the completed bOXy withsome parts sectioned on, the line m Thefp'ressed steel cellar 1 is. asindicated,

for-med with an integral outside dust guard wall!) 2," andwisprovidedwith a sep' aratelyconstructed inside dust guard wall 3WlllOhnlSi a rectangular structure, preferably haying at itsupper edgean overturnedflan'ge at-formed with perforations 5. The

upper edge of the cellar 1 is provided with perforations 6, and theupper edge of the outside dust guard wall 2 is formed with perforations7.. At the proper distance from its outside dust guard wall '2, thecellar 1 is formed in its side walls with vertical offset ledges 8,against which the'vertical edges of the inside dust guard wall 3 areplaced.- Also, the bottom of the cellar is shown as provided with atransverse depression or channel 9 that receives the lower edge oftheinside dust guard wall 3. The side walls .of the cellar 1 are alsoprovided withvertical corrugations. 10 which'stilfen the said sideWalls. The central inwardly pressed corrui v gations 1O afford clearancefor. the usual arch bar bolts, not shown.

The cast'steel'top 11 has the usual features necessary to make thejournal box,

when completed, interchangeable with any other journal box of the MasterCar standard? For instance, it has lid hinge lugs 12, wedge front stops13, journal hearing side stops 14, arch bar-seats 15, arch bar boltholes 16 and dust guard'slot 17. It will, of course, be understood, thatthe cast-top 11 will never appear separately, as shown in Fig. 1, forthe reason that it is'cast directly onto the pressed cellar. I

As already indicated, the inside dust guard wall 3 is placed in properposition Within the cellar, to-wit, against the ledge 8 and resting onthe channel 9, and then its upper edge is-placed within. the mold, andthe top 11 is cast thereon, as already fully stated. The metal whichruns through the perforations 5, 6 and :7 very firmly interlocks andcross connects the cast top tothe' forations give the very best possiblekind of an interlocklng action.

pressed steel elements of the box. The-upset edge or flanged edge, orotherwise roughened or irregular surface, would have" more or less thesame elfechbut the per:

Pressed steel makes the best material for the body of the cellar andcast steel for the top, but the cellar might be made of other pressedsheet metal and the top from other cast metal, all within the broadscope of the invention herein disclosed and claimed.

While the mode of effecting the joint be tween the cellar and the tophas been described as casting the top on to and fast to the upper 'edgeof the cellar, it is to be understood that the invention alsocontemplates the making or the shrinkage joint between the cellar andthe top, in the forming of the top, by any equivalent mode of procedure;form any method of forming .of'cast steel incasing the. upper edges thetop, it would be necessary to bring the metal'upto a very hightemperature and occur. I

' What I claim is: V a

1. A journal box comprising an independntly formedmetallic cellar and atop .made fast to the cellar by the metal of the.

top in the'forming' thereof.

a"corresponding cooling shrinkage would 2. A journal box comprising anindependently formed metallic cellar and a top of cast metal cast fastto said cellar.

3. A journal box comprising an independentlyformed metallic cellar and atort) 0 said cellar and; cast fast thereto.

steel top, said cellaroa-nd top havinginter locking parts made fast witheachiother in the casting of the top.

5. A journal box comprising an independently formed metallic cell'ar, anindependently formed metallic dust guard;wall and a metal top made fast.to said cellarand dust guard wall in th e forming of the to. n

de; journal box comprising. an inde pendently formed metallic cellar, aninde-.

cast metal 'top, said cellar, dust guard wall and top havinginterlocking parts made-fast with eaehpther inth'e casting of the top.7. A journal box comprising an indeof'cast metal cast onto and, incasingthe following the upper marginal edges of the side and back walls ofthe' cellar, and which top is cast fast to the cellar.

10. A journal box comprising an inde- 7 4. A journal box comprising anindee I pendently formed metallic cellar and a cash.

.p'endently' formed "dust guard wall and a .pendently formedmetallic-cellar and a top .upper' edge of.the cellar and havingitsandcast pendently formed metallic cellar and a top of cast metalcastxonto'and increasing the upper edge of the cellar the incased edgehaving perforations therein through which the metal of, thetop passes toform crossconnections.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature I in presence of twowitnesses.-

v IVAR A. RANDEL. Witnesses:

W. J. sCI-ILACKS, R. S. Moln'rosrr. I

Eagles of this patent may be obtained for five cents each-by addressingthe Gommitsieuer of. l atents,

- Washington, D. Q.

lt is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,077,159, grantedQctoher, 28, 1913, upon the application of Ivar A. Randel, of Chicago,lllinois; for an improvement in -Journaldioxes," errors appear inthe,pri nted specification requiring correction as follows: Page 2,lines 74 and 95, for the tvortl incas ing reed amusing; same Page line112, for the word increasing read enoasz'z'g, and line 1.13, for theWord incensed readencascl; and that the said Letters Patent should heread with these corrections therein that the seme may conform to therecord of the case in the Patent ()flice.

Signed and sealed this 24th day of February; A. D., 1914.

' J T. NEWTON,

Acting Commissioner of Patents.

